This is an analysis of the poem Love leads me on, from thought to thought, that begins with:

‘Di pensier in pensier, di monte in monte'
Love leads me on, from thought to thought,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcdefgfefbhXeiejklXcgmXXXnoiaiXdachljajlpXaebfleboihepkiahifcfXaonmanhaXo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,74,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110010110010 11110101 010010110011 10100101 0100110101010101 00101010111 00111011 1110100 1111111101 11111001111 010111 10110011011 110110010111 101011011010100010 111010110 10101101001 0010100011 110010110110 0111010100 11010100 1110111 010110111 110110101 10101 01111001010010 100101010 110011111 011110111101 01111011 110110101 1110111111 10101111101 111101111101 1111111 1100111111 111010111 1111101 111010100110 110010101110 11111111101 1011111100 1100110110 111110011 1001111110 11011010101 1010101001 10100111 10101001 0110011010 110101 111011111 010111101 001001111111 11010101011 10110110101 0101011101 0110101011100 011110001 010011100011 11111 1101100101 10111101111 11011011 0111110111 1101011100 10111101 101010 11010101110 10111110101 101010 0110110 10111111001 11110111 0101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 987
  • Average number of words per stanza: 195
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, or, and, in, of, i, that, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words if, and are repeated.

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